Filler-slug



M. FIRST.

FILLER SLUG.

APPLICATION men NOV. 20, 1919.

1,334,236. Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

WITNESSES INVENTOR A TTOR/VEYS Cit s uns Parana onnion.

MAX FIRST, 01 nnoonn n, NEW YORK.

FILLER-shoe.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented D1313 16, 1920,

Application filed November 20, 1919. Serial No. 339,496.

To all whom it may GOHGG'WZ.

Be it known that I, MAX Fms'r, a citizen oi? the United States, and a resident of. the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, 111 the county of Kin s and State of New York, have invented new and IHIPI'OKECl Filler Slug, oi which the following is a full, clear,

andfexact description.

In ordinary printing it is :lfreqnently necessary to leave a space for a cut or illus tration and this space has ordinarily been provided by a solid assomhlag-re of slugs which a dd consideraliil'v to the weight of the type and it is also an excessive use oil? metal.

It is the purpose oi? my invention tocast a slug which can be assembled to save metal and weight of the type set up.

ll ith these and other ob ects in view the certain novel features combinations and oras will be more fully and pointed out in the invention consists in of construction, and rangements of parts, hereinafter d escribcd claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 a collective view illustrating the diii'erent parts of my improved mold;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the slugs cast in the mold;

Fig. a fragn'lentary sectional perspective view showing the mold in cuoerati've position Fig. l is a sectional perspective view showing the mold with the slug cast therein and the ejector in position -for ejecting the slug;

Fig. is a persmective view showing the manner of assembling the slug; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentaiw perspective view illustratil'ig in detail the manner of assembling two of the slugs.

1 and 2 represent the two longitudinal members of the mold and 3 and 47 are liners located in the molds, and it is, of course, to be understood that I may utilize any desired arrangement of liners to control. the length of? the slug cast.

5 represents a slug which is cast by my improved mold and it will be noted that the slug 5 is formed in one edge with a series of recesses 6 which are of slightly greater width than the thickness of the slug and extend to the center oi. the slug, so that two of these slugs can be assembled. at right angles to each other with theirrecessed portions 6 together, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and bring the edges oi? the slugs thus coupled in the same plane.

In use these slugs may be connected at right angles to each other in. any desired niunber and are preferably held at their edges by border slugs 7 and locked in. the type to :lorm a blank space for a cut or illustration or for any other purpose desired.

My improved mold is adapted to be secured to a mold dish 8 and I provide an ejector 9 of? in'iproved construction cooperating with the mold in the formati on of the slug. To form the recesses 6 in the slug 5, the nien'ilhcr oi. the 'mold is provided with integral angular enlargements 10 which press tightly against the face of the mold, and wl'iich, when, the metal is forced into the mold, will form the recesses, as will be readily understood. The ejector 9 is made with. a sin-ice oi tongues 11. which are movable between the members oi the mold and between the enlargements 1.0 to eject the mold. after it is cast.

It is, oi? course, to be understood that I may lu'ov'lde the mold dish with the usual number o'l. molds and may so arrange the parts as to cast the slugs of anvdesired length and. thicluiess to suit the requirements of the trade.

Various 'ght changes 1115b)" be made in the general Form and arrangements of parts dc scribed without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at lil'untv to make such changes and alterm tions as Fairly fall within the spirit and scope of ap 'iended. cl aims.

I clainti:

1. A filler piece, comprising a cast metal slug having throughout one edge a series of equal 1y spaced recesses extending to the center 0]. the slug.

2. A filler piece. comprising two series of parallel cast metal slugs, the slugs of one series located. at right angles to the slugs of the other series, and all oi the slugs having in their edges re stering recesses extending edges registering recesses extending to the to the center of t e slugs, whereby the edges center of the slugs, whereby the edges of all of all of the slugs are in the same plane. of the slugs are 1n the same plane, and bor- 10 3. A filler piece, comprising two series of V der slugs at the ends of the first-mentioned 5 parallel cast metal slugs, the slugs of one seslugs.

ries located at right angles to the slugs of the other series, all of the slugs having in their i I MAX FIRST. 

